It was Senior Night at Jackson State Monday night, but slender sophomore Grant Maxey made the biggest impact in the Tigers' 57-49 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Maxey scored 10 of his 16 points during a 2-minute, 19-second span of the second half. JSU increased its lead from 29-21 to 39-23 during that time.
Maxey, who missed all four of his first half shots, hadn't scored until he hit two free throws with 16:36 remaining, but he followed the freebies with a 3-pointer, a 10-foot jumper, and then another 3-pointer: bam, bam, bam, all swishes. "I really struggled in the first half with my jump shot," Maxey said afterward. "In the second half I just came out and was more focused and it paid off.
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